Hey, Hospice does quick and easy better than anyone. So get you Folks with Hospice. The most caring people you will ever meet.

My Dad had COPD from chemo for his leukemia, which he beat for all practical purposes. Lived for years when the average survival for his diagnosis was 9 months. But the chemo damaged his lungs, so his blood O2 levels started down, and eventually he couldn’t run his body with the amount of oxygen he could absorb.

So we got with a local doctor who was the medical manager of the local hospice group. And they helped him slide out of this world with the least pain and most comfort – I was with him most all day every day for his last weeks. I held his hand, and read while he slept, and chatted when he woke up.

Take good care of yourself, too. It sounds like you have a good support system.

]]>By: sm*t cl*dehttps://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/01/03/texass-really-stupid-war-against-planned-parenthood-and-women/#comment-4108289
Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:37:13 +0000http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=122900#comment-4108289“liberal independent viper-women”
Sounds pretty slinky. Do you have a newsletter to which I could subscribe?

Funny, that’s what Texans say about Florida. As long as we have each other, we aren’t the most retarded states in the Union; we tag off occasionally. Alternately, we could all start bagging on Mississippi.

You’re making Arizona feel AWFULLY blue. They’ve been working so hard!

You’re right. I feel bad for the things I’ve said about Texas and take it back. Sorry.

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:57:22 +0000http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=122900#comment-4108173@Mnemosyne (iPhone): My sincerest condolences. Wishing you and yours peace and comfort through this trying time.
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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:41:23 +0000http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=122900#comment-4108129@Mnemosyne (iPhone):
Many of us have been through this. I have twice. It doesn’t get better but it does get a little easier. I hope that helps. A proper hospice is very helpful for a such a hard process. I hope that things work out as best as they can for everyone.
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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:40:29 +0000http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=122900#comment-4108126@Pococurante:

My household donates $100 monthly to our state chapter of PP (Texas), and $15 monthly to the national organization.

Yes, we pull our weight too in donations to PP Texas. They need all the love we can give them.

Do these liberals and progressive folks need our encouragement in any way?

It’s really more of a “don’t kick us while we’re down” thing. Liberals and Progressives in Texas fight as hard as we can against a whole slew of people who actively hate us. HATE us. And it’s not a lost cause, but man, we have to work hard and exploit every tiny crack we find. We lose a lot more than we win.

The alternative is to shut up and stop fighting. We’re too damn stubborn to do that, much like our liberal brethren in other red states. We’re not moving, and we’re not shutting up. This is our home too, and we’d rather work to change it than let it go to a bunch of bastards.

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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:39:30 +0000http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=122900#comment-4108123Thanks, everybody. It’s been heading this way for a long time, but you always want just a little more time.
]]>By: Ruckushttps://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/01/03/texass-really-stupid-war-against-planned-parenthood-and-women/#comment-4108106
Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:30:07 +0000http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=122900#comment-4108106@Face:Suicide by policy?

Funny, that’s what Texans say about Florida. As long as we have each other, we aren’t the most retarded states in the Union; we tag off occasionally.

Alternately, we could all start bagging on Mississippi.

]]>By: Ruckushttps://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/01/03/texass-really-stupid-war-against-planned-parenthood-and-women/#comment-4108095
Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:25:45 +0000http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=122900#comment-4108095@Cassidy:
Had similar thoughts. And even though I’ve never met Linda, I’m going to thank her for the endorsement. Course I have no idea what to do with such and endorsement. And I’m sure that it has no practical application, but still, it is nice.
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Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:05:21 +0000http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=122900#comment-4108045@Mnemosyne (iPhone): Sucks massively… may all the gods bless you and yours as you go through this.
]]>By: Cassidyhttps://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/01/03/texass-really-stupid-war-against-planned-parenthood-and-women/#comment-4108038
Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:03:01 +0000http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=122900#comment-4108038@Pococurante: Well, this suddenly explains a lot.
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